There are three ways to obtain the D-8 foreign investment visa:

1. The foreigner goes to any overseas Korean government representative office (embassy,
consulate, etc.) with the required documents and applies directly for the visa, if the
period of sojourn is less than one year.

2. The inviting party in Korea goes to the relevant immigration office and gets the
certificate for recognition of visa issuance and conveys it to the invited person overseas.
The invited person then goes to an overseas Korean government representative office
and submits the certificate and the passport to obtain the D-8 visa.

3. If due to unavoidable reasons, the foreign investor or a dispatched employee from the
overseas parent company as an essential professional manpower, could not get a D-8
visa and entered Korea, an application for a change of sojourn conditions can be filed at
the immigration office or Invest KOREA. Then it is possible to change the status and
obtain a D-8 visa.

It is required to enter Korea by first obtaining a short-term business visa (C-2) for preparing the establishment of a foreign-invested company, and then change the status to a D-8 visa after completing the registration of the company.